Book Updates

I published an ebook on amazon.com called The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists in June 2017. There have since been several revisions; these revisions are  described in detail below, followed by instructions on how to download the book.

Second Edition

A Second Edition of the book was published in February 2018. In my book I state that this edition “includes corrections, updates, formatting improvements, and approximately 30 new album reviews as well as several new and/or updated lists.” To elaborate a bit more, in this edition of the book I added new reviews for the following artists:

• Big Country
• The Black Crowes
• Bon Jovi
• Chapterhouse
• Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia
• Macy Gray
• Anthony Hamilton
• Highly Suspect
• Jason Isbell
• Tommy Keene
• Kitchens Of Distinction
• John Mayer
• Phish
• The Raspberries
• Santana
• Silversun Pickups
• Sponge
• Talking Heads (8 albums)
• T. Rex (3 albums)
• Velvet Revolver
• Weezer

I updated (in most cases upwards) the ratings/reviews for certain albums from the following artists:

• Bon Jovi
• The Groundhogs
• Hall and Oates
• The Mars Volta
• Bob Mould
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• Robbie Robertson
• Santana
• Paul Simon
• U2
• Weezer
• Neil Young (& Crazy Horse)

I added the following artists to my Rock and Soul Hall Of Fame:

• Donovan
• The Eurythmics
• J. Geils Band

Third Edition

The revised and expanded Third Edition of my book was published in August 2018. Similar to the Second Edition, this one includes 30+ new reviews, as well as many (mostly minor but in some cases significant) revisions. I added new reviews for the following artists:

• Broken Social Scene
• The Chambers Brothers
• Chicago (2 albums)
• Donny Hathway
• The Isley Brothers (11 albums)
• The Melvins
• Joni Mitchell (5 albums)
• Bob Mould
• Michael Oldfield (3 albums)
• Primal Scream
• Queens Of The Stone Age
• The Rascals (2 albums)
• The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
• Them Crooked Vultures
• The War On Drugs
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse (3 albums)

I updated (in most cases upwards) the ratings/reviews for certain albums from the following artists:

• The Band
• Chicago
• Creedence Clearwater
• Big Brother and the Holding Company/Janis Joplin
• Interpol
• New York Dolls
• Tom Petty
• The Posies
• The Rolling Stones
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
• Sugar

Fourth Edition

The revised and expanded Fourth Edition of my book was published on February 24, 2019. This one includes 61 new reviews, as well as many (mostly minor) revisions. I added new reviews for the following artists:

• Accept
• Aerosmith
• Bad Brains
• Chris Cornell (4-CD box set)
• Cymande
• Dinosaur Jr. (2 albums)
• Dio
• Fishmans
• Heart (8 albums)
• The Killers
• Love (10 albums)
• Loverboy
• Lush
• Stevie Nicks
• Beth Orton
• Queensryche (6 albums)
• The Raconteurs (2 albums)
• Ride (2 albums)
• Bob Seger
• Slowdive
• Spiritualized
• Swervedriver
• The Temptations
• Lucinda Williams
• Amy Winehouse
• ZZ Top (12 albums)

I updated (in most cases upwards) the ratings/reviews for certain albums from the following artists:

• David Bowie
• Led Zeppelin
• Portishead
• Radiohead
• Bob Seger
• Elliott Smith
• Patti Smith Group
• Swervedriver

Other artists that included minor revisions not listed above include Aerosmith, Arcade Fire, The Beatles, The Buzzcocks, Megadeth, Motley Crue, Nirvana, & The Velvet Underground.

I added the following artists to my Rock and Soul Hall Of Fame:

• LCD Soudsystem
• The Marvelettes
• John Prine

Seventh Edition

The revised and expanded Seventh Edition of my book was published on October 17, 2021. This one includes almost 80 new reviews, as well as many (mostly minor) revisions.

I added new reviews for the following artists:

• Agalloch
• Alabama Shakes (2 albums)
• Fiona Apple
• Ash
• Big Country
• Brand New
• Brave Little Abacus
• The Decemberists (5 albums)
• Doobie Brothers
• ELP (5 albums)
• The Go-Go’s
• Gun
• The James Gang (4 albums)
• Jane’s Addiction
• LCD Soundsystem
• Little River Band
• MGMT (2 albums)
• Mission Of Burma (2 albums)
• Modest Mouse (5 albums)
• The National (5 albums)
• Panda Bear
• Tom Petty
• The Postal Service
• Sonic Youth (15 albums)
• Sufjan Stevens (3 albums)
• Styx (3 albums)
• Tame Impala (3 albums)
• Tesla (3 albums)
• Joe Walsh (6 albums)
• The War On Drugs

I updated the reviews (and occasionally the ratings) for certain albums from the following artists. Most of these updates were just minor tweaks here and there but some of them were more substantial than that.

• Accept
• Ryan Adams
• Arcade Fire
• Atomic Rooster
• Beck
• Big Country
• David Bowie
• The Black Crowes
• Broken Social Scene
• The Cure
• Bob Dylan
• Fleet Foxes
• Foo Fighters
• Marvin Gaye
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• The Guess Who
• Interpol
• Jane’s Addiction
• Jefferson Airplane
• Norah Jones
• Gary Moore
• Pink Floyd
• Led Zeppelin
• Living Colour
• John Mayer
• Van Morrison
• Tom Petty
• Pixies
• Pooh Sticks
• Radiohead
• R.E.M.
• The Rolling Stones
• REO Speedwagon
• Santana
• Sigur Ros
• Slowdive
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Sparklehorse
• Rod Stewart
• The Strokes
• Styx
• Sugar
• Sun Kil Moon
• Tesla
• Thin Lizzy
• Tool
• TV On The Radio
• Van Halen
• The Velvet Underground
• The White Stripes
• The Who
• The Wrens
• Yes
• Neil Young
• Various Artists: Saturday Night Fever

Additionally, I made some minor list updates and also added the following artists to my Rock and Soul Hall Of Fame:

Fiona Apple

• Bobby “Blue” Bland
• The Commodores
• The Damned
• The Decemberists
• Duran Duran
• Gang Of Four
• Kool & the Gang
• Modest Mouse
• The National
• Rufus & Chaka Khan
• Sade
• Nina Simone
• Sufjan Stevens
• Toots and the Maytalls
• Barry White
• Wire

How to Get the Book:

• If you don’t already have the book, simply get the Kindle app from the Apple Store (it’s free). Then, go to a web browser and purchase it on amazon.com here. It will automatically download to whatever device you have set up on your Kindle app.
• If you have an earlier edition and want to get the latest and greatest Seventh Edition, click here and follow the instructions in the “Did you buy a copy of your ebook and you want to see updates?” section.